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Ukraine has increased gas reserves by 20%

Ukrtransgaz uploaded on may 19, more than 60 million cubic meters of gas

If current import volumes and the current domestic production in June Ukraine will be included with the stocks in underground storage facilities of about 9.5 billion cubic meters.

Ukraine after the completion of the heating season increased the natural gas reserves in its underground storage facilities to 1 billion 468 million cubic meters. This is evidenced by Ukrtransgaz on Monday, may 21.

In the period from 8 April to 19 may stockpiles had risen from 7 billion 435,16 million cubic meters to 8 billion 904 million cubic metres last Saturday, the last reporting period, store downloaded more than 60 million cubic meters.

According to calculations by Interfax-Ukraine, in the period from 1 to may 19, UGS added 970,51 million cubic meters (51,1 million cubic meters/day). If current import volumes and the current domestic production in June the country will enter with the stockpiles of about 9.5 billion cubic meters.